You Don’t Belong On That Cross
The American Church has been feeling the loss of their cultural relevance, and they’re not taking it very well. It offends them deeply. The last thing they needed was to lose the social privilege...
View ArticleRevisiting Tim Keller’s The Reason for God
I don’t really care for apologetics books. It’s a tedious chore to make it all the way through them, and interacting with them is exhausting because for every single word it takes to put forth a bad...
View ArticleChristian History, Revised
Tim Keller must read history through a highly specialized pair of lenses, because what he sees when he looks back is very different from what I see. His version reminds me of those friends on social...
View ArticleThe Evolution of Hell in The Reason for God
Growing up in an evangelical church I was taught that no matter what it is you want or need, God himself is the answer. You need comfort or security? God is where you get it. You want guidance or...
View ArticleBelieving In Evolution, But Not Too Much
Moving on to Chapter 6 in his The Reason for God, Tim Keller takes on Richard Dawkins, who argues in The God Delusion that scientific literacy and religious belief are inversely related. The more a...
View ArticleYour Religion Is Special, Just Like All the Others
I remember once believing that my religion was unlike all other religions in the world. Christianity was special, possessing qualities that no other religion had, and for me that spoke to its...
View ArticleBut Why Does There Have to Be Blood?
With only three more chapters to go in Tim Keller‘s The Reason for God, it appears the pastor of Redeemer Church in Manhattan has abandoned the central thesis of the book. Perhaps we came to this with...
View ArticleChristians Need Their Faith to Be True
When you leave the Christian faith, people come out of the woodwork to impugn your motives for leaving. First I was informed that I did it so that I could have more sex, then I was told I did it to...
View ArticleMaking Space for Non-Binary Children In a Red State
“This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; They worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments culture wars of men.” –Matt. 15:8-9, NIV* Sarah is a former...
View ArticleChristianity Was Never About Democracy, Anyway
Christianity, it turns out, has never been interested in democracy. People used to tell me it is, and I’m sure those people are still out there, feeding the same old narratives to an ever-dwindling and...
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